{"id":313,"date":"2007-06-26T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T11:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/06\/enlightened-eating.html"},"modified":"2007-06-26T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2007-06-26T11:15:44","slug":"enlightened-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/06\/enlightened-eating.html","title":{"rendered":"Enlightened Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"

And finally, just in case you need one more thing to think about before eating your lunch, here’s an interesting article from “Spirituality and Health”<\/a> on enlightened eating by Deborah Kesten. She offers a holistic alternative to counting calories. Although I have to admit, all eating is enlightening for me.
\nClick here for the full article.<\/a> It begins this way:<\/p>\n

When I lecture about optimal eating, the question I’m asked most frequently is about the diet du jour. Many want to know what’s best: Is it the zone? Eat right for your type? What do I think about Ornish (high carbohydrate\/low fat) vs. Atkins (high protein\/high fat)? Which do I choose?
\nThe simple answer is that I don’t choose. Rather, I believe we’re asking the wrong question, so we’re getting the wrong answer – and ongoing weight gain. Let me explain. Given that American children, teens, and adults are more overweight than ever before (80 percent of adults over 25 are either obese or overweight, up from 58 percent in 1983) it’s natural that when we think about nutrition, we focus on weight and fat, both in food and our bodies. We go on diets, analyze and obsess about food, turn to it as an enemy or friend, eat too much, eat too little, worry about it, avoid it, crave it, revere it, or believe that a particular nutrient will magically melt the pounds. Yet despite all of our conscientious attention to food and the incredible advances we’ve made in nutritional science, not only are our waistlines continuing to increase, so, too, are most food-linked ailments. From high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes, to cancer, osteoarthritis, and depression, excess pounds are an ever-rising threat to our health and well-being. So we’re left wondering, what’s gone wrong?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And finally, just in case you need one more thing to think about before eating your lunch, here’s an interesting article from “Spirituality and Health” on enlightened eating by Deborah Kesten. She offers a holistic alternative to counting calories. Although I have to admit, all eating is enlightening for me. 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